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The U.S. military has a new strategy to address a growing number of global crises: dial up the drones. The Pentagon plans to sharply expand the number of drone flights over the next four years, giving commanders access to more intelligence and greater firepower, according to a senior defense official who provided exclusive details to the Journal. The proposal to increase the number of daily drone flights by as much as 50% would broaden surveillance and intelligence collection in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria,...